ARTWORK OF THE WEEK

These cats are beginning to get a bit creepy! · Learn more about this work

The cat depicted in this anonymous Japanese print has been causing its owner trouble—this is clearly not their first catch. · Learn more about this work

In the spirit of Halloween, this month the MOA is celebrating one of nature’s most enigmatic creatures: cats! · Learn more about this work

The Gospel of John contains 7 signs or miracles, and the healing of the blind man at the Pool of Siloam is the 6th. · Learn more about this work

In 1939, Dixon and his wife built a home in Mt. Carmel, Utah. Here they admired the natural landscape of the area until his death in 1946. This quintessentially Utahn scene portrays Native Americans as part of the natural landscape. · Learn more about this work

As we anticipate the transition from the blistering of summer heat to the crispness of fall, let us celebrate a painting in which the sun itself retreats into the autumn leaves. · Learn more about this work

This Labor Day, we celebrate Mahonri Young- a social realist and grandson of Latter-day Saint prophet Brigham Young. Young celebrated laborers throughout his entire career- both in his art and in his personal advocacy. · Learn more about this work

From the time she was a little girl, Minerva Teichert wanted to be an artist. · Learn more about this work

The smells of old paper, curtains, and metals envelop you as you peek into the neighborhood pawn shop. · Learn more about this work

Happy World Photography Day! It is estimated that five billion photos are taken around the world every day. · Learn more about this work

Mahonri Young’s art journey began as a young boy modeling clay as a five-year-old, and led to him dropping out of school to pursue art (though he always loved reading). · Learn more about this work

Behold the goat and its rider, the tailor to Count Heinrich von Brühl, in all their flashy glory and excess. Both goat and tailor convey an irrepressible, overly confident swagger. · Learn more about this work

In this photograph, business cards stapled to a flat surface advertise a dizzying array of services, providing one view of the commercial and community offerings of Broward County, Florida, in 1989 · Learn more about this work

As one of the first artists from Utah to receive formal training abroad, James Taylor Harwood was no stranger to international travel, shuttling between the United States and France · Learn more about this work

Before the emergence of computer-assisted design/drafting (CAD), there was pencil on paper. This was Ella Peacock’s world. · Learn more about this work

As a professor of photography at the University of New Mexico, Patrick Ryoichi Nagatani created a remarkable body of work that drew on techniques of photography, collage, and research to examine the atomic history and radioactive life of the American Southwest · Learn more about this work

From the late 1970s through the 1990s, graphic designer McRay Magleby and copywriter Norm Darais created witty and visually engaging informational posters for Brigham Young University. · Learn more about this work

A flapping cloud of seagulls circles around a father and son as they till their Utah field. With the hope that accompanies a new planting season, the father pushes the plow deep into the earth while the son guides the horses. · Learn more about this work

Dixon captured the strong features of this Mormon rancher and farmer from Mount Carmel, Utah, during a summer of painting the area around Zion National Park. · Learn more about this work

This month we celebrate the birthday of artist Dorothy Weir Young. · Learn more about this work

While the monumentality of Lesaka Waken feels impossibly vast, anchored to both land and the highest of stratospheres, it also connects to the optics of relatively small. · Learn more about this work

Jesus, whilst confronted with a murderous horde prepared to execute a woman “taken in the very act of adultery,” chose to not respond to the mob’s shouted confrontations and demands for capital punishment. Instead, the Lord remained thoughtful, somber, and ultimately articulate as he subtly and silently communicated to the venomous bystanders by inscribing His commentary/invocation in the sand. · Learn more about this work

First, consider the act of climbing a tree—a dauntless act for a big kid. So naturally, it is the eldest and tallest, a confident Mahonri has buccaneered his way above the groundlings. · Learn more about this work

Consider the gorgeous spring green, one such as you’ve never experienced in nature. The foreground is a verdigris pea-soup sprinkled with meadow blooms conforming to the color scheme of the other flowers. · Learn more about this work

As we approach the May-Day activities from the lower left, three young boys are full of vigor and exuberance. · Learn more about this work